Solon Foster
Solon Foster (1811-1896) was born 8 Jan. 1811 in Danby, Tompkins Co., New York. He was the son of Luther Foster and Ruth Hedges. He married Sarah Downing on 23 Dec. 1841 in Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois. He was baptized in 1833. He and Wilford Woodruff were part of Zion's Camp in 1834. He died 17 Mar. 1896 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah.
Footnotes
Solon Foster Sr. (KWJY-PJ7), "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 6 Feb. 2022). Solon Foster, Wilford Woodruff Papers (https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/subjects/solon-foster, accessed 10 Feb. 2022). Solon Foster, The Joseph Smith Papers (https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/person/solon-foster, accessed 14 Jan. 2022).
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Excerpt:April 20, 1837 ~ Thursday April 20th Spent this day in the house of the Lord in prayer and fasting with the congregation of the Saints. Much of the power, gifts, and graces of the gospel was poured out upon us. speaking and interpeting of tongues was manifest in the congregation one brother sung a lengthy song in tongues & sister Hide interpeted the same it was great & glorious much of it was respecting the fame of Joseph and his magnus works ...Dates:April 20, 1837 April 21, 1837 April 22, 1837 April 30, 1837 May 1, 1837 May 5, 1837 May 10, 1837 -
Excerpt:December 10, 1876 ~ Sunday Dec 10, 1876 Sunday Met at 10 oclok B Young spoke 50. ^Afternoon^ E Snow spoke 1 Hour & 7 M[inutes] W Woodruff spoke 35 Minuts. At the close of the Meeting we drove to Solon Fosters and spent the night 10 M[iles] December 11, 1876 ~ Monday [FIGURE] ^11th^ On our return to the city we found President Young vary poorly with Rheumatic fever the pain in hise feet was so great he could ...Dates:December 10, 1876 December 11, 1876 December 12, 1876 December 13, 1876 December 14, 1876 December 15, 1876 December 16, 1876 December 17, 1876 -
Excerpt:July 7, 1894 ~ Saturday July 7, 1894 I spent the day at home was not vary well July 8, 1894 ~ Sunday 8 ^[FIGURE]^ Sunday The strikers in Ogden turned mob & burned near $100000 dollars worth of Property the US Armey at Camp Douglass went by call to Ogden to defend the city of Ogden against the strikers They have also burned up one Million Dollars worth of Property at Chicago and the Rail Roads are tied up nearly all over the ...Dates:July 7, 1894 July 8, 1894 July 9, 1894 July 10, 1894 July 11, 1894 July 12, 1894 July 13, 1894 -
Excerpt:Names of Members of Zion's Camp who were present at the Annual Party, Octr. 10th, 1867. Brigham Young Israel Barlow Heber C. Kimball Zerubbabel Snow Orson Hyde Albert Brown Orson Pratt Wm F. Cahoon Wilford Woodruff ...Dates:October 10, 1867 -
Excerpt:Zion's Camp Living 14 Feb 1863 Young Brigham G. S. L. City U. T. Kimball Heber C. [G. S. L. City] [U. T.] Hyde Orson San pete [U. T.] Pratt Orson St George [U. T.] Woodruff Wilford G. S. L ...Dates:February 14, 1863